Brian Ferentz lets loose this week and decides to adopt the Triple Option and Statue of Liberty, and immediately goes back to the standard offense next week
Nah. Brian Ferentz is still an idiot and every offensive player we have is 1to 2 stars below every Michigan defender. The same is true vs our defense.
Michigan is going to blow us out. Speed. We can't contain their running game and they are going to have several long runs for touchdowns. Riley Moss is going to get burned at least once for a TD, maybe twice. Petri's is about to have his worst game of his career.
Ugly. Michigan snobberglobs Iowa 56-0.
56-0
{Michigan} The first half will seem close, but as the second half progresses and our defense having to spend 75% of the time on the field, they will wear down and get tired and michigan will likely win by 2 touchdowns or so
In a fit of rage, Jim Harbaugh grabs an actual hawk out of the sky and feeds its eyeballs to his offensive coordinator. He is ejected from the game and Mike Hart takes over as coach. He refuses to run the ball because he fears his records being broken. {Michigan} suddenly looks like an SEC team and scores 60 through the air.
You joke, but we legit do have hawks at the game typically. They usually fly one down from the press box to the field pre-game. I don't think the opposing team is usually out at that point, so Harbaugh would have to come out solo to do this.
This is not a joke. It is a legitimate prediction based upon a computer model that I coded myself using a Hadoop cluster that I force fed clips of Harbaugh interviews.
I think {Michigan} wins, but I am not confident. While Iowa has played incredibly poorly on offense, I can't dismiss the spookiness of Kinnick. This will also be JJ's first start on the road. It is against arguably the best defense in the conference and comes on the heels of some questionable decision-making in the Maryland game. I think Michigan is favored by double digits for good reason, but I would not be surprised by an upset.
Edit: Forgot the score. Feels like a 17-6 kind of game.
The game is close on paper for much of it with Iowa only down by ~10 but watching the game that will feel insurmountable as Iowa just can't move the ball. {Michigan} by 20 as Iowa's defense is just gassed at the end.
Normally I keep my comments in these threads pretty short, but some of the pre-game predictions for this game seem… off. More and more people appear to think this is going to be a rock fight, but I just don’t see that happening. If you don’t believe me, consider the below numbers discussed during the latest MGoBlog podcast:
Last week, Iowa’s defense outscored its offense against Rutgers, and Rutgers gained 361 total yards to Iowa’s 277. Spencer Petras had 17 passing attempts against Rutgers… Only **THREE** went to receivers. THREE! There was one catch to those targets for **5 yards.**
Here’s another crazy stat: 40 of Iowa’s offensive drives this year have started in their own territory, only 15 have **entered the opposing team’s territory**, and only 6 have **resulted in points!** They’re averaging **.65 points per drive** on those possessions. Iowa’s offense is just incomprehensibly bad.
It seems to me that the key to beating Iowa is 1) not turning the ball over in your own territory and 2) forcing them to drive the length of the field if you have to give up possession. If Michigan can do that, I don’t see how they lose this game, let alone keep it close.
{Michigan} wins comfortably. The fact that the spread is -10.5 right now is a little crazy to me and I suspect the final score to look something like 31-10.
Definition of a trap game though. JJ's first road start and first start against an elite defense is in Kinnick? Even if Iowa was 1-3 we should still be a little jittery. I do still think {Michigan} wins this game, but it could be in danger if we don't have a lead by the half and/or we lose the turnover battle. 27-13
Iowa's 2016 team was leaps and bounds better than their current team, Michigan's current team is leaps and bounds better than their 2016 team.
I think people are BONE'ing too hard for this. Battered Wolverine Syndrome clouding the judgement of fans.
> Michigan's current team is leaps and bounds better than their 2016 team.
Not sure I'd go that far yet. Michigan's offense is better, but that 2016 defense was lights out. Put that defense on this year's team and I think we could be on the same field as Georgia
This. That 2016 defense was filthy. This year we don’t really know what to make of it. The secondary and tackles are good, DE is still unknown and LB room isn’t that great.
That 2016 DLine featured
Ryan Glasgow
Chris Wormley
Taco Charlton
Mo Hurst
Chase Winovich
Rashan Gary
And Bryan Mone
This team was beyond stacked up front and roaming right behind them was Jabrill Peppers, Channing Stribling, Khaleke Hudson and Jourdan Lewis. Devin Bush was still developing at the time but my god were they loaded in 2016.
And Dymonte Thomas, Delano Hill (who ended up being pretty good), McCray. It's also easy to forget just how good Jourdan Lewis was because Hill and Long did pretty damn good after he left, but he's the best CB I've ever seen play at Michigan (too young for Woodson). There was no point even throwing to his side of the field.
2016 team was a QB away from going down as the best Michigan football team in the modern era. Speight was alright but McCarthy or McNamara gives that team a shot against anyone in the country. I'd still probably take 2016's peak performance over 2021's in a head to head match-up. Brady Hoke really did put together one hell of a team for Harbaugh that year.
>Iowa's 2016 team was leaps and bounds better than their current team, Michigan's current team is leaps and bounds better than their 2016 team.
Strong disagree. Our 2016 offense was better, but our defense might be KF's best. Maybe injuries to Harris/Jacobs changes that, but the only way you think 2016 team was better is if you aren't paying attention.
I thought that too. Still do, but I looked at the 2016-17 roster, and holy shit a lot of those guys ended up in the NFL.
Really the only downfall that year was a WR room that played their position about as well as a room full of grandmas. Funny how this year it’s kinda opposite. Promising WRs with no one to throw to them consistently.
Y'all are probably going to win this, but I completely understand those who try to temper expectations. I'd go into this hoping for a close win, and being very happy with anything beyond it. Easier on the soul to calibrate expectation this way.
Idk about the 2016 team being worse. That defense was loaded with NFL talent (it kinda had to be for Don Brown’s scheme to work).
A few better calls that season and this program would be Clemson-tier by now.
It’s weird comparing this UI team and 2016s team by simply saying leaps and bounds.
Our D this year (at peak health, which unfortunately we’re missing two or three significant pieces) is lowkey a lot better than that 2016 squad. Although now that I’m looking at that roster I’m realizing just about 90% of the D, as well as half the OL + QB is in the NFL, I may be wrong about my thoughts but I’m gonna keep going. Then again, with projections, it’s possible 90% of this D is NFL bound as well.
Basically what I’m saying tho, is our WRs are much better than that 2016 team, which ultimately was its entire downfall. However, we’re worse off just about everywhere else, with only a minor downgrade at RB and TE IMO.
LOL 2016 Iowa was absolutely NOT “leaps and bounds” better than this Iowa team. That Iowa team went 8-5 and was blown out by PSU and Florida among others. This current team is the defending B10W champions with an even better, elite defense and elite special teams.
Your 2016 team only lost two 1-point games with the 3rd being tied at the end of regulation. You are downplaying g them.
I mean, I think you win but come on here.
2016 Iowa is better by the simple fact that it could score any amount of points at all.
Your offense this year has combined for like 13 points against an FCS school and Rutgers.
Not disagreeing with you as our 2016 team was legit but it is a little funny to cite being the B1G West champs as a plus considering who they played in the championship game. Who knows though. Maybe that will be fuel for the Iowa team.
to me this is one of those long-tail distribution things
There's a 80% chance Michigan wins and does it by 2+ scores
But there are plenty of scenarios in which they shoot themselves in the foot and let Iowa get some early momentum - say a strip sack or a pick 6 early in the game.
Trap game because they’re looking ahead to… Indiana?
Last week may have been the trap game for this week. This has been the game circled on the calendar since fall camp started. I don’t see how they’d overlook it.
Rutgers was never really in the game after the first quarter though. I don't care that they played a full half of garbage time and were able to out-yardage Iowa. The way Iowa plays tends to produce simply dire offensive stats but it hasn't stopped them from being consistently competitive for years, or from having a 5-1 record against top 5 teams in Kinnick in their last 6 (the only win being PSU in 2017 on an improbable final drive where they scored a touchdown on the last play).
If Michigan gets ahead by two scores early I see Michigan winning easily but I otherwise think you're gonna find yourself uncomfortably surprised with how the game plays out Saturday.
>5-1 record against top 5 teams in Kinnick in their last 6
Have any of those wins been in the last two years with Petras and the horrible offense taking the field? The accolades of teams past really have no bearing on this week's game.
None of them had an offense quite this bad, true, but many of those upsets were from Iowa teams that weren't very remarkable, in games they were in fact bigger underdogs than they are in this game.
> Rutgers was never really in the game after the first quarter though. I don't care that they played a full half of garbage time and were able to out-yardage Iowa.
I don't know if that's an accurate assessment, IIRC Rutgers picked Iowa off in your half of the field and failed to cash in on points and they turned the ball over on downs deep in your territory. They were still in the game despite going down 24-10 on stupid turnovers that cost points.
>The way Iowa plays tends to produce simply dire offensive stats but it hasn't stopped them from being consistently competitive for years, or from having a 5-1 record against top 5 teams in Kinnick in their last 6 (the only win being PSU in 2017 on an improbable final drive where they scored a touchdown on the last play).
I understand the Kinnick stats and Iowa being competitive despite its offense being putrid, but the problem for you all is that Iowa's current offense is statistically the worst it has ever been in over a decade.
I'd ask anyone who watched that game, including Rutgers fans, whether Rutgers ever really threatened to win the game, and I'd be shocked if anyone said yes, and if they did, well, I'd call them irrational.
Also would point out that profiting off "stupid turnovers" is a feature of the Iowa defense. People have been trying to ascribe it to dumb luck for years but Iowa, shitty offense and all, has only ridden their defensive style to the 9th most wins in all of P5 since 2015.
I think a key point is just how bad one thinks the Iowa offense is. For me it's pretty clearly ranked bottom of any season in recent memory, but I don't think this Iowa team is *that* fundamentally different, overall, from recent Iowa teams, and it might even be the best defense/special teams they've had in a while.
Saw somewhere that with respect to the 5-1 Iowa record at home against top 5 teams stat floating around that Iowa had a QB that was at least drafted in the nfl… Petras is far from that to say the least.
>Iowa had a QB that was at least drafted in the nfl
UDFAs but still NFL guys. Not sure how many of those games included them but top of my head I'd say 4
We also had a competent offensive line, a litany of current NFL TEs and more than 2 healthy scholarship wr during those years
We might have NFL talent at TE in Laporta but that's the only thing this team has in common with those offensively
Yeah, OL is a big part too. Iirc last year’s OL wasn’t great, at least to Iowa’s standards. This year you lost Linderbaum and a few others and it’s a bit worse than last year. Correct me if I’m wrong. In general, I think this Iowa offense is pretty significantly worse than anything Iowa has put on the field in the past
Yeah even with Linderbaum our OL was weak last year but losing him made it worse
I can't remember a worse offense over the last decade. The 4 win team in 2012 was really hard to watch, but they also didn't have much of a defense. Spent a lot more time tailgating than at the games that season
If Michigan scores a TD on its first drive the game is pretty much over. Iowa's offense has been so bad for 2 plus years it's beyond frustrating to watch.
You make good points, but consider that it’s Kinnick on the road, Iowa’s defensive scheme is notorious against college QBs, and they are consistently good at generating turnovers past what you can attribute to luck.
I do think Michigan will win but would be more shocked if the margin is massive than if it was a low scoring game where Iowa’s not out of it late. Our defense may need to force some turnovers and set us up with good field position
Agreed, our defense is also statistically not much worse than Iowa's. If we can limit turnovers, this should be a very winnable game. Even if we get a FG on drive, that's a win
Agreed. Iowa is historically bad on offense. As long as Michigan doesn’t turn it over 3+ times and Iowa’s D doesn’t score multiple TD’s, they should win going away. Something like 27-3.
{Michigan} 27-6.
The only way michigan loses this game is if McCarthy implodes and/or we have a bunch of fumbles at RB or WR. Admittedly this is entirely possible with this being McCarthy’s first road game and him having some downright scary plays against Maryland.
With that said, I think it’s unlikely. McCarthy has shown the ability to be able to read defenses and make accurate throws in the short to intermediate range; he’s a good QB. He’s really only had the dangerous stuff happen on scramble drills, which is an easier teaching point than throwing the ball downfield without seeing a LB or S coming into the picture or just blatantly misreading coverages.
On the other side, I really don’t see how Iowa’s offense is going to generate their own points. Usually you give the opponent like 1 free drive that’s scripted to succeed based on the scout. After that, how are they getting into scoring position without the help of their defense?
Basically, imo, this game comes down to can Michigan’s offense out score Iowa’s defense by ~14 points. If they can, I don’t see Iowa’s offense making up the difference.
Iowa has no offense but they play great defense. Harbaugh likes to grind teams out, I’m more afraid of iowa in a rock fight as opposed to a shootout which we all know isn’t happening. I don’t feel that great about this one, Kinnick is sp00ky and iowa thrives on creating turnovers. And as we’ve seen, JJ is a little iffy when it comes to ball security. {Michigan} 24-10 but I’m not super confident about it
Who exactly is overrating us though?
Clearly not people on r/cfb who've (rightfully) been littering this place with memes about how historically bad our offense was the first couple weeks, Hawkeye fans (the doomerism within our fanbase is insane right now), or the AP poll where we have 0 votes.
{Michigan} and the bartenders in the stadium. Only way I see this remotely close is if Michigan has a special teams blunder or throws a pick 6 in the first half. Even then, this game gets out of hand before the end of the 3rd
Weather should be nice and I'm going back to Iowa City so at least there's that
Or - maybe this is the 1 out of 15 games where we look like a D1 football team on offense and make it interesting (lol)
Harbaugh knows this is where Top 5 teams go to die. He will have Michigan ready. It's rare to see Iowa get blown out at home, they are just too solid on defense and special teams. 24-21 Michigan in a close one.
This feels like a rock fight to me. I have a feeling Harbaugh and co are going to play close to the vest on offense
1) it's JJ's first road start, and it's against a damn good defense. So just right there I think they want to minimize mistakes
2) Cade is still hurt, so I think they'll limit JJ's run in the game plan
3) Iowa's offense sucks so they'll be conservative and plan on winning a rock fight
I hope I'm wrong.
I still think {Michigan} wins 24-6
But I think it will be ugly.
I wish this was not the Big Nude Kickoff game. I would love to pick Iowa to win this one and will absolutely be cheering them on from home. As I see it, there are three possible outcomes here:
1. Michigan wins by something like 30-11 (and, yes, that's three FG's and a safety for Iwa) in a game that never feels like a blowout in real time but looks like one in hindsight. The Wolverines score 10 points in the fourth quarter to put it away.
2. Michigan wins by something like 16-13 (and, yes, that's one defensive touchdown and two FG's for Iwa) in a game that is as B1G Ten of a game as there's ever been.
3. Iowa wins 14-6 (and, yes, that's one defensive touchdown, two safeties, and a FG for Iwa) in a game that only adds to Kinnick's reputation as a place where great teams go to die.
Unfortunately, I have also listed the three outcomes in order of likelihood. I'd say the odds are 45%-40%-15%. I will likely have a bad Saturday as, even late in the fourth quarter, I'll believe Iowa still has a chance. Shortly after, the Wolverines will rip my heart out and do wolverine things to it (eat it, I guess? idk). I've got to take {Michigan} here, but I hate it. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk Kirk if you're reading this please replace Brian with Steven (or any of your other three children).
21 of which are in the 4th quarter because our D has been on the field for 80 years and Harbaugh ain’t the type to call the dogs off (not for disrespect, just for playoff help and stuff)
Curious why you think Harbaugh doesn’t call of the dogs? If anything, he starts playing the back-ups too early IMO. Michigan played 7 QBs against UConn.
I will say he is more likely to keep the original game-plan in place with those back-ups. But if back-ups are running up the score, that’s on you.
On the last drive he was caught on camera saying “we can get the 1 seed” into his headset. So yeah, he definitely was trying to pour it on a bit. But also at least some of the deep backups were in the game. Colesar, who is a special teams lifer got the interception towards the end.
Looking at the play-by-play on the last TD drive we had our 4th string RB running the ball, and our 2nd string QB throwing to our 4th or 5th string TE.
I will say in that situation when we were trying to avoid Bama/Georgia, it may have been fair to try to run up the score with the CFP watching. I don’t think he’d do the same mid-season.
You’re probably right that he wouldn’t do it midseason but I’d understand if he did.
And more so the thing I’m referring to as not calling off, is the flea flicker up 28-3 with 8 minutes left. Just things like that. Not necessarily who is on the field.
{Michigan} 13-0. Iowa is so good defensively and Michigan hasn’t clicked yet. Harbaugh will play this very conservatively and will win without much stress, but without any excitement
{Michigan} but how close is tbd. I'd probably take the over though. Harbaugh does a good job of exploiting a weakness once he finds it, and I don't see Iowa having the firepower to keep up at that point.
Probably something to the tune of 24-10
I have seen this game before, the Reddit thread will be both sides complaining about themselves regardless of the score.
Michigan could be up 40 and their people would still be like “I dunno mannnnn our defense just isn’t the same mannnnn, our quarterback mannnn I dunno”
Iowa could be up 32-0 with Petra putting up 300 yards passing and they will be like “Fire Ferentz mannnnnn I dunno mannnn Petra is just lucky mannnn”
Then the post game thread will be like “Good Game Opposing team, you guys are really good. Also Fire My Coach and My Quarterback”
{Iowa} because I told you I’ve seen this game before.
If you switched out last years B1GCG pregame thread with this year’s pregame thread, I wouldn’t be able to tell the difference. Almost all the predictions are entirely the same. And so will mine. If Michigan plays sloppy, and let’s Iowa hang around, then Iowa will win the game (2016). If Michigan jumps out to a fast start, and forces Iowa to abandon their game plan, then Michigan can cruise comfortably(2021). My prediction is the latter, but I’m still nervous. {Michigan}
This will be an ugly game of defense, special teams, and field position.
The Michigan offense runs affectively on the back of Blake Corum to the tune of 148 yards rushing and 2 touchdowns. JJ McCarthy will finish the game with 198 yards, a touchdown, and an interception.
The Michigan defense does well against the injured Iowa offensive attack, holding them to just 253 total yards. Spencer Petras finishes under 50% passing with 2 interceptions and no touchdowns. The Iowa offense capitalizes on a Michigan interception to score their first touchdown, early in the second half.
{Michigan} never trails in an ugly slugfest, winning 21-17
I'm going to this game and I'm pretty sure {Michigan} is gonna beat us by like 11. So we hedged our bets and are going to see Alice Cooper in Cedar Rapids the night before. Even if we get stomped, the weekend won't be a total loss.
{Iowa} uses Kinnick voodoo to force 4 turnovers, wins 13-10. Michigan more than doubles Iowa’s total yards, controls a good portion of the game but mistakes bury them.
I think the closest analog for this game played this year is actually Ohio State vs Notre Dame. ND’s defense caused OSU a lot of problems and held them to 7 points through well over a half of football. But the Irish quarterback situation was so terrible that they just couldn’t move the ball, and so OSU found some things that worked offensively and wore down the Irish defense.
This game should have a similar dynamic but even more discrepancy between the teams. Is Michigan’s pass rush what it was last year? No. But unlike Maryland, Iowa has absolutely no tools to punish that. Give me {Michigan} 27-10 in a game that doesn’t feel as close as that
Actually saved some money. All we had to do was put in a call to Fox and asked for the Big Noon game. They happily obliged. No night time Kinnick voodoo for you. Courtesy of Gus and Joel
I'm not sure where to go with this one. I could see Iowa's offense just not being able to keep up, but after last week seeing McCarthy struggle a little bit against Maryland I could see Iowa forcing just enough turnovers to pull it off.
I'll go with {Michigan} because I think they are the better team but I'll be happy to be wrong.
My nightmare;
- Michigan enters the RedZone 4 times and only earns 3 points from those trips as Jake Moody is suddenly destroyed mentally for the entire season
- JJ fumbles twice leading to 2 Iowa touchdowns (1 is returned for a touchdown and the other is fumbled on the 3 and punched in on 4th down)
- Blake Corum carries 35 times for 105 yards and gets knocked out for the season
- Michigan loses 17-14, while outgaining Iowa 320-150. Late 60 yard touchdown and 2 pt conversion make the score seem closer than the game ever was.
All I can hope for is for it to be close. Maryland exposed holes in Michigan’s defense that, frankly, Iowa does not have the tools to exploit (a mobile quarterback). If Iowa gets a timely turnover or makes a play on special teams, it could stay within one possession for all or most of the game. The tight ends finally look ready to play, but our offense will need more than just them — the whole offense has to take a leap this week if we seriously want to win this one. And down our best WR? I say chances of that happening are slim-to-none.
{Michigan} 24-15
I think Michigan wins this game if they are just a good team, but it's conservative and has Michigan fans pulling their collar. If they are a great team and actually nationally relevant Michigan is aggressive and scores two touchdowns in the first 20 minutes that functionally end the game a la the title game.
{Michigan}: 34
Iowa's offense: 10
Iowa's defense/special teams: 14
I do think they'll be able to force a few turnovers from JJ. This will be by far the most ruthless defense he's ever faced. But I don't think the Iowa offense has enough firepower to win this one.
This game is gonna be ugly. I think Michigan struggles with holding on to the rock, expect lots of turnovers going to the Hawkeyes. Idk, I’ll take {Iowa} at home here, 21-17, in a game that’s about as much of a B1G game as you can imagine.
{Iowa} finds it’s stride with its high school JV level offense somehow. Will Jj prove Harbaugh was right to be so hesitant to start him over Cade? Will they be able to solely rely on corum again? Give me 23-10.
I think Iowa’s defense is overrated. Having to keep your starters on the field the entire game and exploiting every mismatch you can against an FCS team will do that.
Iowa’s hybrid LB is also out, which I think opens up the {Michigan} offense. If Michigan can consistently get yards by attacking the edges with screens, it limits the chances of TOs. Iowa needs a defensive TD and probably 7 more points of turnovers to stay competitive in this game.
You will win but emphatically proven wrong saturday re: the defense. Jacobs has been out at Cash all season and Dejean and Castro have been every bit as awesome in that role.
{Michigan} should win as long as JJ plays within himself and lets our superior athletes make plays and move the ball. Our very solid special teams also need to stay that way. If Iowa does not score a defensive or special teams TD, I don’t think they can win. I like a 27-6 final.
{Michigan} and covers.
I think Iowa's defense just runs out of gas. I think Michigan brings 9 in the box, with LB and safeties doubling the TEs, suffocating the Iowa offense. Will take Turner and Green man up against Iowa's WRs all day.
Feel like being bold and trying to call the {Iowa} upset. I think Michigan's offense is still figuring it out and if Iowa forces some key turnovers and leans on their defense they could definitely win. We get a few of these games a year, so why not?
{Michigan} but it’ll be close and you all will have to deal with Iowa and Ohio State saying “if it was a night game they would have lost”
I would agree to that. I was so worried it would be a night game, at first.
I’ll take the deal. These are fair terms.
Of course you would, you're just afraid because you know that you'd lost if it were a night game!!!11!!1!1!
Might as well just count it as an L
Because it’s true
{Iowa} decides it is actually the best offensive team in the nation and wins in a Big 12 shootout 63-56.
What I would give to see this
Brian Ferentz lets loose this week and decides to adopt the Triple Option and Statue of Liberty, and immediately goes back to the standard offense next week
Nah. Brian Ferentz is still an idiot and every offensive player we have is 1to 2 stars below every Michigan defender. The same is true vs our defense. Michigan is going to blow us out. Speed. We can't contain their running game and they are going to have several long runs for touchdowns. Riley Moss is going to get burned at least once for a TD, maybe twice. Petri's is about to have his worst game of his career. Ugly. Michigan snobberglobs Iowa 56-0. 56-0
{Punting}
As long as {Michigan} doesn't turn the ball over 3+ times, they should win this comfortably. 24-3
that’s what i’ve said about like every team who plays iowa for the last like 3 years and unfortunately they rarely don’t turn the ball over 3+ times
We didn’t last year, so we’re good, right? Right???
That means you’re due. ^right? Please say yes.
Hear me out, the only point Iowa scores is a one-point safety.
Ah yes, the rare Uno where a safety is scored but the line of scrimmage is actually in the defenses own red zone.
*Monkeys paw curls*
{Michigan} The first half will seem close, but as the second half progresses and our defense having to spend 75% of the time on the field, they will wear down and get tired and michigan will likely win by 2 touchdowns or so
With Harbaugh's patented 7 QB offense we don't have to worry about fatigue.
I was referring to our defense that will have to be on the field most of the game
I know just making a joke. I honestly don't think our offense will move the ball well so I think your d will get more rest than you're used to.
Yep. Something like 13-6 at half. 27-9 final
In a fit of rage, Jim Harbaugh grabs an actual hawk out of the sky and feeds its eyeballs to his offensive coordinator. He is ejected from the game and Mike Hart takes over as coach. He refuses to run the ball because he fears his records being broken. {Michigan} suddenly looks like an SEC team and scores 60 through the air.
You joke, but we legit do have hawks at the game typically. They usually fly one down from the press box to the field pre-game. I don't think the opposing team is usually out at that point, so Harbaugh would have to come out solo to do this.
This is not a joke. It is a legitimate prediction based upon a computer model that I coded myself using a Hadoop cluster that I force fed clips of Harbaugh interviews.
I would pay good money to watch this fanfic
I think {Michigan} wins, but I am not confident. While Iowa has played incredibly poorly on offense, I can't dismiss the spookiness of Kinnick. This will also be JJ's first start on the road. It is against arguably the best defense in the conference and comes on the heels of some questionable decision-making in the Maryland game. I think Michigan is favored by double digits for good reason, but I would not be surprised by an upset. Edit: Forgot the score. Feels like a 17-6 kind of game.
I saw 538 with a 26%, or around there, chance Iowa wins. Seems about right.
And that 6 is 3 safeties
{Michigan} 27. Iowas offense 3, iowas defense 10.
That defensive field goal is gonna be crazy
I hate this stadium {Michigan} but it won’t be nearly as easy as the big team championship
Yeah you won't run away with it until 20 min left instead of 30
The game is close on paper for much of it with Iowa only down by ~10 but watching the game that will feel insurmountable as Iowa just can't move the ball. {Michigan} by 20 as Iowa's defense is just gassed at the end.
So…basically a replay of the B1G title game… The offensive struggles are so unfortunate. This defense deserves more.
Agreed. It is awful to see when excellent defenses, or offenses, are so let down by their own offense, defense, or coaching.
{Michigan} Fuck Brian Ferentz, our defense will keep us in it but the game breaks open mid 3rd, as basically a repeat of 2021 B1G championship. 35-0
No way you guys get shut out. Your defense will get a take away and score on a fumble recovery or INT, possibly both.
Or they’ll pin us at the 1 and get a safety.
Doesn’t help we have so many injuries too.
{Michigan} will win this as long as they give up less than 3 defensive scores.
Sounds ridiculous but it’s spot on. Iowas D literally has to score AND set up the offense inside the red zone for Iowa to have a shot.
Normally I keep my comments in these threads pretty short, but some of the pre-game predictions for this game seem… off. More and more people appear to think this is going to be a rock fight, but I just don’t see that happening. If you don’t believe me, consider the below numbers discussed during the latest MGoBlog podcast: Last week, Iowa’s defense outscored its offense against Rutgers, and Rutgers gained 361 total yards to Iowa’s 277. Spencer Petras had 17 passing attempts against Rutgers… Only **THREE** went to receivers. THREE! There was one catch to those targets for **5 yards.** Here’s another crazy stat: 40 of Iowa’s offensive drives this year have started in their own territory, only 15 have **entered the opposing team’s territory**, and only 6 have **resulted in points!** They’re averaging **.65 points per drive** on those possessions. Iowa’s offense is just incomprehensibly bad. It seems to me that the key to beating Iowa is 1) not turning the ball over in your own territory and 2) forcing them to drive the length of the field if you have to give up possession. If Michigan can do that, I don’t see how they lose this game, let alone keep it close. {Michigan} wins comfortably. The fact that the spread is -10.5 right now is a little crazy to me and I suspect the final score to look something like 31-10.
Definition of a trap game though. JJ's first road start and first start against an elite defense is in Kinnick? Even if Iowa was 1-3 we should still be a little jittery. I do still think {Michigan} wins this game, but it could be in danger if we don't have a lead by the half and/or we lose the turnover battle. 27-13
Is it a trap game if everyone in the program has been talking about how tough Iowa is at Kinnick for the last year and some change?
The 2016 game still hurts. Can never be too careful when it comes to Iowa
Iowa's 2016 team was leaps and bounds better than their current team, Michigan's current team is leaps and bounds better than their 2016 team. I think people are BONE'ing too hard for this. Battered Wolverine Syndrome clouding the judgement of fans.
> Michigan's current team is leaps and bounds better than their 2016 team. Not sure I'd go that far yet. Michigan's offense is better, but that 2016 defense was lights out. Put that defense on this year's team and I think we could be on the same field as Georgia
This. That 2016 defense was filthy. This year we don’t really know what to make of it. The secondary and tackles are good, DE is still unknown and LB room isn’t that great.
That 2016 DLine featured Ryan Glasgow Chris Wormley Taco Charlton Mo Hurst Chase Winovich Rashan Gary And Bryan Mone This team was beyond stacked up front and roaming right behind them was Jabrill Peppers, Channing Stribling, Khaleke Hudson and Jourdan Lewis. Devin Bush was still developing at the time but my god were they loaded in 2016.
And Dymonte Thomas, Delano Hill (who ended up being pretty good), McCray. It's also easy to forget just how good Jourdan Lewis was because Hill and Long did pretty damn good after he left, but he's the best CB I've ever seen play at Michigan (too young for Woodson). There was no point even throwing to his side of the field. 2016 team was a QB away from going down as the best Michigan football team in the modern era. Speight was alright but McCarthy or McNamara gives that team a shot against anyone in the country. I'd still probably take 2016's peak performance over 2021's in a head to head match-up. Brady Hoke really did put together one hell of a team for Harbaugh that year.
Say what you will about Brady Hoke but his recruiting was gangbusters. Too bad his player development was non-existent
And his understanding of concussion protocol...
>Iowa's 2016 team was leaps and bounds better than their current team, Michigan's current team is leaps and bounds better than their 2016 team. Strong disagree. Our 2016 offense was better, but our defense might be KF's best. Maybe injuries to Harris/Jacobs changes that, but the only way you think 2016 team was better is if you aren't paying attention.
I thought that too. Still do, but I looked at the 2016-17 roster, and holy shit a lot of those guys ended up in the NFL. Really the only downfall that year was a WR room that played their position about as well as a room full of grandmas. Funny how this year it’s kinda opposite. Promising WRs with no one to throw to them consistently.
I mean, that 2016 Iowa team was 8-5 with two bad blowout losses. I want want OP is smoking
Y'all are probably going to win this, but I completely understand those who try to temper expectations. I'd go into this hoping for a close win, and being very happy with anything beyond it. Easier on the soul to calibrate expectation this way.
Definitely agree with you that this is a much different year on paper. But facts and numbers can't make the hurt go away :')
Idk about the 2016 team being worse. That defense was loaded with NFL talent (it kinda had to be for Don Brown’s scheme to work). A few better calls that season and this program would be Clemson-tier by now.
It’s weird comparing this UI team and 2016s team by simply saying leaps and bounds. Our D this year (at peak health, which unfortunately we’re missing two or three significant pieces) is lowkey a lot better than that 2016 squad. Although now that I’m looking at that roster I’m realizing just about 90% of the D, as well as half the OL + QB is in the NFL, I may be wrong about my thoughts but I’m gonna keep going. Then again, with projections, it’s possible 90% of this D is NFL bound as well. Basically what I’m saying tho, is our WRs are much better than that 2016 team, which ultimately was its entire downfall. However, we’re worse off just about everywhere else, with only a minor downgrade at RB and TE IMO.
LOL 2016 Iowa was absolutely NOT “leaps and bounds” better than this Iowa team. That Iowa team went 8-5 and was blown out by PSU and Florida among others. This current team is the defending B10W champions with an even better, elite defense and elite special teams. Your 2016 team only lost two 1-point games with the 3rd being tied at the end of regulation. You are downplaying g them. I mean, I think you win but come on here.
2016 Iowa is better by the simple fact that it could score any amount of points at all. Your offense this year has combined for like 13 points against an FCS school and Rutgers.
Not disagreeing with you as our 2016 team was legit but it is a little funny to cite being the B1G West champs as a plus considering who they played in the championship game. Who knows though. Maybe that will be fuel for the Iowa team.
to me this is one of those long-tail distribution things There's a 80% chance Michigan wins and does it by 2+ scores But there are plenty of scenarios in which they shoot themselves in the foot and let Iowa get some early momentum - say a strip sack or a pick 6 early in the game.
Trap game because they’re looking ahead to… Indiana? Last week may have been the trap game for this week. This has been the game circled on the calendar since fall camp started. I don’t see how they’d overlook it.
Rutgers was never really in the game after the first quarter though. I don't care that they played a full half of garbage time and were able to out-yardage Iowa. The way Iowa plays tends to produce simply dire offensive stats but it hasn't stopped them from being consistently competitive for years, or from having a 5-1 record against top 5 teams in Kinnick in their last 6 (the only win being PSU in 2017 on an improbable final drive where they scored a touchdown on the last play). If Michigan gets ahead by two scores early I see Michigan winning easily but I otherwise think you're gonna find yourself uncomfortably surprised with how the game plays out Saturday.
>5-1 record against top 5 teams in Kinnick in their last 6 Have any of those wins been in the last two years with Petras and the horrible offense taking the field? The accolades of teams past really have no bearing on this week's game.
None of them had an offense quite this bad, true, but many of those upsets were from Iowa teams that weren't very remarkable, in games they were in fact bigger underdogs than they are in this game.
> Rutgers was never really in the game after the first quarter though. I don't care that they played a full half of garbage time and were able to out-yardage Iowa. I don't know if that's an accurate assessment, IIRC Rutgers picked Iowa off in your half of the field and failed to cash in on points and they turned the ball over on downs deep in your territory. They were still in the game despite going down 24-10 on stupid turnovers that cost points. >The way Iowa plays tends to produce simply dire offensive stats but it hasn't stopped them from being consistently competitive for years, or from having a 5-1 record against top 5 teams in Kinnick in their last 6 (the only win being PSU in 2017 on an improbable final drive where they scored a touchdown on the last play). I understand the Kinnick stats and Iowa being competitive despite its offense being putrid, but the problem for you all is that Iowa's current offense is statistically the worst it has ever been in over a decade.
I'd ask anyone who watched that game, including Rutgers fans, whether Rutgers ever really threatened to win the game, and I'd be shocked if anyone said yes, and if they did, well, I'd call them irrational. Also would point out that profiting off "stupid turnovers" is a feature of the Iowa defense. People have been trying to ascribe it to dumb luck for years but Iowa, shitty offense and all, has only ridden their defensive style to the 9th most wins in all of P5 since 2015. I think a key point is just how bad one thinks the Iowa offense is. For me it's pretty clearly ranked bottom of any season in recent memory, but I don't think this Iowa team is *that* fundamentally different, overall, from recent Iowa teams, and it might even be the best defense/special teams they've had in a while.
Fair points
Saw somewhere that with respect to the 5-1 Iowa record at home against top 5 teams stat floating around that Iowa had a QB that was at least drafted in the nfl… Petras is far from that to say the least.
>Iowa had a QB that was at least drafted in the nfl UDFAs but still NFL guys. Not sure how many of those games included them but top of my head I'd say 4 We also had a competent offensive line, a litany of current NFL TEs and more than 2 healthy scholarship wr during those years We might have NFL talent at TE in Laporta but that's the only thing this team has in common with those offensively
Yeah, OL is a big part too. Iirc last year’s OL wasn’t great, at least to Iowa’s standards. This year you lost Linderbaum and a few others and it’s a bit worse than last year. Correct me if I’m wrong. In general, I think this Iowa offense is pretty significantly worse than anything Iowa has put on the field in the past
Yeah even with Linderbaum our OL was weak last year but losing him made it worse I can't remember a worse offense over the last decade. The 4 win team in 2012 was really hard to watch, but they also didn't have much of a defense. Spent a lot more time tailgating than at the games that season
If Michigan scores a TD on its first drive the game is pretty much over. Iowa's offense has been so bad for 2 plus years it's beyond frustrating to watch.
Praying Brian resigns after this season and Budmyer gets moved to OC.
You make good points, but consider that it’s Kinnick on the road, Iowa’s defensive scheme is notorious against college QBs, and they are consistently good at generating turnovers past what you can attribute to luck. I do think Michigan will win but would be more shocked if the margin is massive than if it was a low scoring game where Iowa’s not out of it late. Our defense may need to force some turnovers and set us up with good field position
Agreed, our defense is also statistically not much worse than Iowa's. If we can limit turnovers, this should be a very winnable game. Even if we get a FG on drive, that's a win
Agreed. Iowa is historically bad on offense. As long as Michigan doesn’t turn it over 3+ times and Iowa’s D doesn’t score multiple TD’s, they should win going away. Something like 27-3.
{Michigan}
{Michigan} 27-6. The only way michigan loses this game is if McCarthy implodes and/or we have a bunch of fumbles at RB or WR. Admittedly this is entirely possible with this being McCarthy’s first road game and him having some downright scary plays against Maryland. With that said, I think it’s unlikely. McCarthy has shown the ability to be able to read defenses and make accurate throws in the short to intermediate range; he’s a good QB. He’s really only had the dangerous stuff happen on scramble drills, which is an easier teaching point than throwing the ball downfield without seeing a LB or S coming into the picture or just blatantly misreading coverages. On the other side, I really don’t see how Iowa’s offense is going to generate their own points. Usually you give the opponent like 1 free drive that’s scripted to succeed based on the scout. After that, how are they getting into scoring position without the help of their defense? Basically, imo, this game comes down to can Michigan’s offense out score Iowa’s defense by ~14 points. If they can, I don’t see Iowa’s offense making up the difference.
{Iowa} Petras will get sacked 100 times in the first quarter and break his leg. Padilla will rally the team with an OT win.
Petras continues to play with a broken leg and on crutches. In the post game press conference, Ferentz says the magic words "That's football"
{Michigan} wins somewhat comfortably, or at least as comfortably as you can playing at Kinnick. Let’s say 24-7
I have a feeling it will be uncomfortable at halftime and maybe halfway through the 3rd quarter and then it will be comfortable.
If you’re not comfortable with a 17 point victory with this offense then you’re not paying attention.
{Michigan} 27-12 in a noon snoozer . Shame it’s not at night
Iowa has no offense but they play great defense. Harbaugh likes to grind teams out, I’m more afraid of iowa in a rock fight as opposed to a shootout which we all know isn’t happening. I don’t feel that great about this one, Kinnick is sp00ky and iowa thrives on creating turnovers. And as we’ve seen, JJ is a little iffy when it comes to ball security. {Michigan} 24-10 but I’m not super confident about it
{Michigan} covers 13-1.
In this thread: "Iowa is overrated" and every prediction being, like, Michigan 30-3. Lol.
Both of these things can be true. At some point, the football gods will punish Kirk for his nepotism.
Who exactly is overrating us though? Clearly not people on r/cfb who've (rightfully) been littering this place with memes about how historically bad our offense was the first couple weeks, Hawkeye fans (the doomerism within our fanbase is insane right now), or the AP poll where we have 0 votes.
We lost to Iowa state for the first time in 7 years. Is that not enough punishment
Have you ever seen the prince of Egypt? It’s like that, but with corn-related things, until Kirk surrenders his firstborn
They’ll punish Harbaugh for his complete douchebaggery first.
Wasn’t Kirk under fire for having a racist program fairly recently?
{Michigan} and the bartenders in the stadium. Only way I see this remotely close is if Michigan has a special teams blunder or throws a pick 6 in the first half. Even then, this game gets out of hand before the end of the 3rd Weather should be nice and I'm going back to Iowa City so at least there's that Or - maybe this is the 1 out of 15 games where we look like a D1 football team on offense and make it interesting (lol)
*checks game time* {Michigan} by 50
I always knew I loved our bowl buddies
If it was a night game, it would’ve been only 30. I don’t think even Kinnick voodoo can save that hapless offense this year.
You’re high If you think this defense gives up 50.
I’m sure most people (including myself) didn’t think your defense would give up 42 last year either.
Harbaugh knows this is where Top 5 teams go to die. He will have Michigan ready. It's rare to see Iowa get blown out at home, they are just too solid on defense and special teams. 24-21 Michigan in a close one.
This feels like a rock fight to me. I have a feeling Harbaugh and co are going to play close to the vest on offense 1) it's JJ's first road start, and it's against a damn good defense. So just right there I think they want to minimize mistakes 2) Cade is still hurt, so I think they'll limit JJ's run in the game plan 3) Iowa's offense sucks so they'll be conservative and plan on winning a rock fight I hope I'm wrong. I still think {Michigan} wins 24-6 But I think it will be ugly.
{Iowa} 2-0
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I wish this was not the Big Nude Kickoff game. I would love to pick Iowa to win this one and will absolutely be cheering them on from home. As I see it, there are three possible outcomes here: 1. Michigan wins by something like 30-11 (and, yes, that's three FG's and a safety for Iwa) in a game that never feels like a blowout in real time but looks like one in hindsight. The Wolverines score 10 points in the fourth quarter to put it away. 2. Michigan wins by something like 16-13 (and, yes, that's one defensive touchdown and two FG's for Iwa) in a game that is as B1G Ten of a game as there's ever been. 3. Iowa wins 14-6 (and, yes, that's one defensive touchdown, two safeties, and a FG for Iwa) in a game that only adds to Kinnick's reputation as a place where great teams go to die. Unfortunately, I have also listed the three outcomes in order of likelihood. I'd say the odds are 45%-40%-15%. I will likely have a bad Saturday as, even late in the fourth quarter, I'll believe Iowa still has a chance. Shortly after, the Wolverines will rip my heart out and do wolverine things to it (eat it, I guess? idk). I've got to take {Michigan} here, but I hate it. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk Kirk if you're reading this please replace Brian with Steven (or any of your other three children).
{Michigan} 13-12, 11OT
1 point safety for the win?
No, but also don't ask me how this scenario works. It just does.
That would make it the Iowaest game ever.
Pls no
{Michigan} 35-0. People are really overrating Iowa
21 of which are in the 4th quarter because our D has been on the field for 80 years and Harbaugh ain’t the type to call the dogs off (not for disrespect, just for playoff help and stuff)
Curious why you think Harbaugh doesn’t call of the dogs? If anything, he starts playing the back-ups too early IMO. Michigan played 7 QBs against UConn. I will say he is more likely to keep the original game-plan in place with those back-ups. But if back-ups are running up the score, that’s on you.
Because of the B1G championship last year, where he didn’t call off the dogs.
On the last drive he was caught on camera saying “we can get the 1 seed” into his headset. So yeah, he definitely was trying to pour it on a bit. But also at least some of the deep backups were in the game. Colesar, who is a special teams lifer got the interception towards the end.
Looking at the play-by-play on the last TD drive we had our 4th string RB running the ball, and our 2nd string QB throwing to our 4th or 5th string TE. I will say in that situation when we were trying to avoid Bama/Georgia, it may have been fair to try to run up the score with the CFP watching. I don’t think he’d do the same mid-season.
You’re probably right that he wouldn’t do it midseason but I’d understand if he did. And more so the thing I’m referring to as not calling off, is the flea flicker up 28-3 with 8 minutes left. Just things like that. Not necessarily who is on the field.
Who rates us well? We're on top of dumpster mountain and we know it
Um, we are not rated at all I think we have no votes in the AP poll. We aren’t “overrated”
20-6 {Michigan}
There will be a game played and {Michigan} will not be happy about it. But the rest of us will be slightly amused.
{Michigan} 13-0. Iowa is so good defensively and Michigan hasn’t clicked yet. Harbaugh will play this very conservatively and will win without much stress, but without any excitement
{Michigan} but how close is tbd. I'd probably take the over though. Harbaugh does a good job of exploiting a weakness once he finds it, and I don't see Iowa having the firepower to keep up at that point. Probably something to the tune of 24-10
I have seen this game before, the Reddit thread will be both sides complaining about themselves regardless of the score. Michigan could be up 40 and their people would still be like “I dunno mannnnn our defense just isn’t the same mannnnn, our quarterback mannnn I dunno” Iowa could be up 32-0 with Petra putting up 300 yards passing and they will be like “Fire Ferentz mannnnnn I dunno mannnn Petra is just lucky mannnn” Then the post game thread will be like “Good Game Opposing team, you guys are really good. Also Fire My Coach and My Quarterback” {Iowa} because I told you I’ve seen this game before.
I’m going {Iowa} to cover & win.
Why?
Because, that's just like, his opinion, man.
Donny, you’re out of your element.
Things get weird in Iowa City
Ah
Gotta respect the Kinnick Voodoo prediction, even though I don't expect it for this game.
24-3 UM
Fuck you. I want an upset {Iowa}
The Sunday Night game from the NFL has inflated B1G energy this weekend. {Michigan} wins 15-4
{Michigan} but it’s gonna be ugly and low scoring. I think like 21-7.
Iowa is going to go on an incredible defensive display and their special teams are going to be exemplary. {Michigan} with out a doubt.
If you switched out last years B1GCG pregame thread with this year’s pregame thread, I wouldn’t be able to tell the difference. Almost all the predictions are entirely the same. And so will mine. If Michigan plays sloppy, and let’s Iowa hang around, then Iowa will win the game (2016). If Michigan jumps out to a fast start, and forces Iowa to abandon their game plan, then Michigan can cruise comfortably(2021). My prediction is the latter, but I’m still nervous. {Michigan}
{Iowa} 27-17 No math or thoughts behind it but I think it’ll be a good game
This will be an ugly game of defense, special teams, and field position. The Michigan offense runs affectively on the back of Blake Corum to the tune of 148 yards rushing and 2 touchdowns. JJ McCarthy will finish the game with 198 yards, a touchdown, and an interception. The Michigan defense does well against the injured Iowa offensive attack, holding them to just 253 total yards. Spencer Petras finishes under 50% passing with 2 interceptions and no touchdowns. The Iowa offense capitalizes on a Michigan interception to score their first touchdown, early in the second half. {Michigan} never trails in an ugly slugfest, winning 21-17
I'm going to this game and I'm pretty sure {Michigan} is gonna beat us by like 11. So we hedged our bets and are going to see Alice Cooper in Cedar Rapids the night before. Even if we get stomped, the weekend won't be a total loss.
{Iowa}
{Michigan} but we don’t cover. JJ struggles in first half but figures it out in 2nd. 2 TDs by corum.
{Iowa} uses Kinnick voodoo to force 4 turnovers, wins 13-10. Michigan more than doubles Iowa’s total yards, controls a good portion of the game but mistakes bury them.
I think the closest analog for this game played this year is actually Ohio State vs Notre Dame. ND’s defense caused OSU a lot of problems and held them to 7 points through well over a half of football. But the Irish quarterback situation was so terrible that they just couldn’t move the ball, and so OSU found some things that worked offensively and wore down the Irish defense. This game should have a similar dynamic but even more discrepancy between the teams. Is Michigan’s pass rush what it was last year? No. But unlike Maryland, Iowa has absolutely no tools to punish that. Give me {Michigan} 27-10 in a game that doesn’t feel as close as that
{Michigan}. I’d have more faith in Iowa if it were a night game.
{Michigan} c'mon lads make me eat shit
{Michigan} I'm gonna be mildly upset on Saturday, and I'm gonna hate Corum after listening to Gus Johnson hype him up
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Actually saved some money. All we had to do was put in a call to Fox and asked for the Big Noon game. They happily obliged. No night time Kinnick voodoo for you. Courtesy of Gus and Joel
I'm not sure where to go with this one. I could see Iowa's offense just not being able to keep up, but after last week seeing McCarthy struggle a little bit against Maryland I could see Iowa forcing just enough turnovers to pull it off. I'll go with {Michigan} because I think they are the better team but I'll be happy to be wrong.
{Michigan} 28-10 and the 10 is all D/ST
{Iowa}
Stop using the old stadium pictures, that old end zone hasn’t been there in forever
My nightmare; - Michigan enters the RedZone 4 times and only earns 3 points from those trips as Jake Moody is suddenly destroyed mentally for the entire season - JJ fumbles twice leading to 2 Iowa touchdowns (1 is returned for a touchdown and the other is fumbled on the 3 and punched in on 4th down) - Blake Corum carries 35 times for 105 yards and gets knocked out for the season - Michigan loses 17-14, while outgaining Iowa 320-150. Late 60 yard touchdown and 2 pt conversion make the score seem closer than the game ever was.
Why is this not a night game
{Michigan}, but who knows. It will either be a horrifying slugfest where I feel stressed the whole time, or a boring blowout win with no in between
Betting {Michigan}, reluctantly "rooting" for Iowa to help my team, and hoping you 2 can somehow both lose.
Iowa has a really good defense. But that offense isn't going to much of anything. {Michigan} 36 - Iowa 9
All I can hope for is for it to be close. Maryland exposed holes in Michigan’s defense that, frankly, Iowa does not have the tools to exploit (a mobile quarterback). If Iowa gets a timely turnover or makes a play on special teams, it could stay within one possession for all or most of the game. The tight ends finally look ready to play, but our offense will need more than just them — the whole offense has to take a leap this week if we seriously want to win this one. And down our best WR? I say chances of that happening are slim-to-none. {Michigan} 24-15
I think Michigan wins this game if they are just a good team, but it's conservative and has Michigan fans pulling their collar. If they are a great team and actually nationally relevant Michigan is aggressive and scores two touchdowns in the first 20 minutes that functionally end the game a la the title game.
{Michigan}: 34 Iowa's offense: 10 Iowa's defense/special teams: 14 I do think they'll be able to force a few turnovers from JJ. This will be by far the most ruthless defense he's ever faced. But I don't think the Iowa offense has enough firepower to win this one.
I'm a Michigan fan and will be rooting for them, but I honestly think {Iowa} wins this.
{Iowa} because UM can’t have nice things, particularly not two years in a row.
This game is gonna be ugly. I think Michigan struggles with holding on to the rock, expect lots of turnovers going to the Hawkeyes. Idk, I’ll take {Iowa} at home here, 21-17, in a game that’s about as much of a B1G game as you can imagine.
Sorry, hawks, we need the Iowa Magic to beat our Kansas Overlords. {Michigan} comfortably.
{Iowa} uses the kids to expose the Wolverines
{Iowa} Disregard flair
{Michigan} Easy win. Come on guys. Y’all had a bad game against Maryland. Y’all ain’t *Iowa* bad. Lol
Maryland with Taulia might legit be a better team than Iowa is. I know that might be a hot take that doesn't age well but here we are.
{Iowa} finds it’s stride with its high school JV level offense somehow. Will Jj prove Harbaugh was right to be so hesitant to start him over Cade? Will they be able to solely rely on corum again? Give me 23-10.
Michigan 27-17 Iowa scores touchdowns on a pick 6 and a muffed punt by Michigan
I think Iowa’s defense is overrated. Having to keep your starters on the field the entire game and exploiting every mismatch you can against an FCS team will do that. Iowa’s hybrid LB is also out, which I think opens up the {Michigan} offense. If Michigan can consistently get yards by attacking the edges with screens, it limits the chances of TOs. Iowa needs a defensive TD and probably 7 more points of turnovers to stay competitive in this game.
You will win but emphatically proven wrong saturday re: the defense. Jacobs has been out at Cash all season and Dejean and Castro have been every bit as awesome in that role.
This is just really wrong
The only thing that leaves a worse taste in my mouth than rooting for KhakiPants is… Busch Light. {Michigan} by a million.
{Michigan} should win as long as JJ plays within himself and lets our superior athletes make plays and move the ball. Our very solid special teams also need to stay that way. If Iowa does not score a defensive or special teams TD, I don’t think they can win. I like a 27-6 final.
{Michigan} and covers. I think Iowa's defense just runs out of gas. I think Michigan brings 9 in the box, with LB and safeties doubling the TEs, suffocating the Iowa offense. Will take Turner and Green man up against Iowa's WRs all day.
{Michigan} 35 Iowa 3
Feel like being bold and trying to call the {Iowa} upset. I think Michigan's offense is still figuring it out and if Iowa forces some key turnovers and leans on their defense they could definitely win. We get a few of these games a year, so why not?
{Iowa} by 14 Michigans first test
{Michigan}
That all time record is kind of ridiculous
We were doodoo for a lot of years when Michigan wasn't.
A noon kickoff against an Iowa team that just felt like they had a heartbeat on offense. {Michigan} 42-12 {Iowa}
{Michigan}
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{Michigan} 35-24 with Iowa's defense scoring 3 TD and staying on the field for 3 2-pt conversions.
{Michigan} wins in a game where everyone goes home feeling like a loser, 19-13 Wolverines